About this eventThe 2013 conference focuses on key aspects of the new Regulation (EU) No. 528/2012 concerning active substances and biocidal products. This includes the authorisa-tion of biocidal products, and the core procedures for their application together with administrative and scientific assessment of these products.

Initial experience gained in the short period since adoption will be reviewed and the programme also includes valuable insight into the regulatory scene in the USA.

The annual two-day Conference will be followed by two optional half-day Work-shops on topics of key interest.The first Workshop offers a strategic view of the biocidal products market through to the end of the review programme in 2030. The second Workshop focuses on treated articles in relation to the BPR.

Both the two-day Conference and the Workshops will give stakeholders insight into the current state of play of the Regulation.

A unique opportunity to join our expert panel for a three-day event in Vienna at which we address legal issues and trade aspects of biocidal products, especially the challenge of transforming the regime from the Directive (BPD) to the Regulation (BPR).

Seats strictly limited. Book now to avoid disappointment.

BIOCIDES 201318-20 NOVEMBER, VIENNA

Who should attend? Authorisation holders Registration holders National Competent Authorities Producers Retailers Formulators Consultants Other stakeholders

Why attend?EXPERT PANELListen to senior representatives from European Institutions, Regulators from Member States, together with industry representatives from across the EU

CURRENT THINKINGGain valuable insight into the state of play of the BPR

TIME EFFICIENCYBring yourself up-to-date with the complex and changeable regulatory landscape concerning Biocides by attending two conference days and two workshops

Q&A PANEL SESSIONSHave your specific questions answered by making use of the multiple Q&A ses-sions. Remember - you can send in any question you might have in respect of the Biocides’ regime in writing in advance of the conference

FOCUSBring yourself up-to-date with the initial experience gained in the period since adoption

FOCUSED WORKSHOPSParticipate in one or both of the half-day workshops to gain a more in-depth understanding of latest developments regarding treated articles and the re-view programme

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Biocides 2013: 18-20 November, Vienna

09:00 Registration & refreshments

SESSION 1 - Chair: Edmund Plattner

10:00 Welcome

10:05 The New Regulation Applicable Since 1.9.2013• Hear about EU-wide priorities, investigations and

update on the latest developments; • Status of the upcoming amendments to the BPR,

especially the Art 93, 94 and 95;• How to cope with the provisions if an active

substance or a biocidal product is not covered so far due to definition, (wrong PT, misleading information or newly addressed; )

• Progress made regarding the 42 tasks to be fulfilled (27 of them by the commission);

Ludovic Chatelin, European Commission, Belgium

10:40 Approvals/Renewals The process of approval as well as the process of renewal of an approval of an active substance in view of the new regime (approval of active substances instead of their inclusion in Annex I/IA/IB)

Lena Gruhn, BAUA, Germany

11:05 Union Authorisation The procedure of an union authorisation from application to final decision – a view from ECHA

Hugues Kenigswald, ECHA, Finland

11:30 Q&A Panel Discussion on Session One

11:45 Lunch & networking

SESSION 2 - Chair: Edmund Plattner

13:00 National Authorisation Procedures The 3 national authorisation procedures according to the BPR (first authorisation, mutual recognition in sequence/ in parallel) and details (data requirements, time-lines, format, decision process, fees).

Viktor Prachar, CCSP, Slovakia

13:25 Authorisation RenewalRenewal of an authorisation granted under BPD subject to mutual recognition in accordance with art 31 & 40 BPR (with and without comparative assessment).

Vesna Ternifi, Office for Chemicals, Slovenia

13:50 PAR & SPC Under BPRProduct Assessment Report (PAR) and harmonised Summary of Biocidal Product Characteristics (SPC) for single biocidal products or biocidal product families as part of an authorisation under the BPR (format, content, language).

Yann Catillon, Ministry of Environment, France

14:15 Q&A Panel Discussion on Session Two

14:45 Refreshments & networking

SESSION 3 - Chair: Dave Dillon

15:15 R4BP 3.0New features and processing IUCLID 5.6 data implementation.

Hugues Kenigswald, ECHA, Finland

15:40 Experiences with IUCLID with regard to the BPRFirst experiences with the new tool.

Thomas Gildemeister, Managing Direcor, REACh Chemconsult GmbH, Germany

16:05 Q&A Panel Discussion on Session Three

16:30 Refreshments & networking

SESSION 4 - Chair: Dave Dillon

16:45 Biocidal Product FamiliesBiocidal Product families instead of frame formulation – the right step forward?

Sara Kirkham, Senior Consultant, CEHTRA UK Ltd

17:10 NanomaterialsHow to apply the upcoming methods, criteria and assess-ment of relevant data to nanomaterials as defined in the BPR.

Maartje Nelemans, MoE, Netherlands

17:35 Treated Articles Overview on Treated articles - a brief update.

Piet Blancquaert, pIET Consulting, Belgium

18:00 Q&A Panel Discussion on Session Four

18:15 Q&A Panel Discussion with all speakers of

the day on topics of interest relating to the BPRChair: Dave Dillon

Hand in any question you might have in respect of the biocides regime in writing in advance of or during the conference and get the most out of it for your individual company situation.

19:00 End of Day 1

CONFERENCE, DAY 1 (18 Nov.)

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Biocides 2013: 18-20 November, Vienna

8:30 Registration & refreshments

SESSION 5 - Chair: Dave Dillon

9:00 Cumulative and Synergistic Effects Regarding Human Health

Cumulative and synergistic effects to be taken into account during the authorisation of a biocidal product acc. to Art 19 para.2 lit d+e BPR.

Vera Ritz, BfR, Gemany

9:20 Cumulative and Synergistic Effects Regarding the Environment

Beatrice Schwarz-Schulz, UBA, Germany

9:40 Annex 1New Annex 1 sub stances - an easy way of entering the market for biocides?

Jorgen Larsen, EPA, Denmark

10:05 Borderline Cases Borderline cases respectively dual use for products covered by Art. 2 Para 2 lit a-k of the BPR.

Katarzyna Szymankiewicz, OfRoBP, Poland

10:30 Q&A Panel Discussion on Session Five

10:45 Refreshments & networking

SESSION 6 - Chair: Dave Dillon

11:15 Maximum Residue LimitsEstablishment of an EU-wide procedure to set MRCs - important points to consider

Isabel Guenther, BfR, Germany

11:40 A Court DecisionThe “Söll- case” (Court decision C 420/10, 2012) and the consequences for actives substances newly covered by the regime.

Martin Ahlhaus, Noerr LLP, Germany

12:05 Micro-Organism AssessmentMicro-organisms as active substance or biocidal product – their assessment under BPR.

Kersti Gustafsson, KEMI, Sweden

12:30 Q&A Panel Discussion on Session Six

12:45 Lunch & networking

SESSION 7 - Chair: Edmund Plattner

14:00 E-Chem-PortalOECD's E-Chem-Portal - how to use it and what to gain for biocides.

Sally De Marcellus, Environment, Health and Safety Division, OECD, France

14:25 OECD UpdateOECD - Overview and update on current work relevant for biocides.

Sylvie Poret, Head Biocides Programme, Environ-ment, Health and Safety Division, OECD, France

14:50 Poison Information DatabaseThe poison information database acc Art 45 of the CLP regulation and how it will affect biocidal products .

Maristella Rubbiani, ISS, Italy

15:15 Biocidal Products: Interface to CLP and REACHClassification; labelling; MSDS

Christian Grundling, FCIO, Austria

15:40 Refreshments & networking

16:10 Q&A Panel Discussion on Session Seven

16:25

Q&A Panel Discussion with all speakers of the day on all topics of interest regarding present and future enforcement of biocides regulationsChair: Dave Dillon

Hand in any question you might have in respect of the biocides regime in writing in advance of or during the conference and get the most out of it for your individual company situation

End of Day 2

Green Commitment: The conference is organised with a strong focus on the principles of "Green Meeting"

CONFERENCE, DAY 2 (19 Nov.)

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Biocides 2013: 18-20 November, Vienna

09:00 - 12:00 WORKSHOP ONE: VISION FOR 2030 Chair: Mamta Patel, Editorial Director, Chemical Watch

08:30 Registration & refreshments

09:00 Workshop: Vision for 2030 - Strategic Debate on the Impact of the BPR Regime Until the End of the Review Programme

What impact will the BPR have on: • The number of authorised products, their volumes

or, in general, changes to the national/EU markets;• The economic development of the EU, especially

with regard to SMEs;• Incidences of resistance to biocidal products

developed, environmental effects (adverse), cases of poisoning incidents and regarding occupational diseases;

• The level of innovation and the creation of green jobs;• The number of active substances remaining on the

national/EU market, how many biocidal products will stay or be available (as real products or just family spin offs);

• How the required record keeping will affect the daily work of authorisation holders of biocidal products and how it will enforce compliance.

Morning Q&A Panel Discussion

Hand in any question you might have in respect of the biocides regime in writing in advance of or during the conference and get the most out of it for your individual company situation.

12:00 End of morning workshop

Workshop panelists:• Ludovic Chatelin, European Commission, Belgium• Christian Dons, NEA, Norway• Maristella Rubbiani, ISS, Italy• Seth Goldberg, Steptoe and Johnson, USA• Wolfgang Lingk, Senior Expert, Germany• Barry Podd, Consultant, UK• Jack Poppleton, Lonza, UK• Elisabeth Ruffinengo, WECF, France

12:30 - 16:00 WORKSHOP TWO: TREATED ARTICLES Chair: Dr Pete Askew, IMSL, UK

12:30 Registration & refreshments

13:00 Overview

Treated articles in view of the BPR. Key issues to get the concept working (definitions, function/property, primary biocidal function substance/mixtures/articles, biocidal/non-biocidal, sector specific labelling).

Piet Blanquaert, pIET Consulting, Belgium

13:30 Labelling, etc.

Labelling, information obligations and documentation requirements by manufacturers and suppliers (Art 58, 65, 66 BPR).

Koen van Maldegem, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Belgium

14:00 Refreshments & networking

14:30 Understanding Treated Articles

Why they are treated and how you demonstrate the effects.

Ina Stephan, BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), Germany

14:50 Guidance

What have I got to do if I want to use a biocide in a treated article? Guidance for the different actors in the supply chain.

Ulrike Frank, KEMI (Swedish Chemicals Agency), Sweden

15:10 Afternoon Q&A Panel Discussion

Hand in any question you might have in respect of the biocides regime in writing in advance of or during the conference and get the most out of it for your individual company situation.

16:00 End of afternoon workshop

WEDNESDAY 09 OCTOBERWEDNESDAY 09 OCTOBERWORKSHOP, DAY 3 (20 Nov.)

HOW TO REACH THE VENUE

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From Airport Vienna: Commuter railway system S7 or CAT (CityAirportTrain) Wien Mitte metro U4 Schönbrunn (8min walk) or: Commuter railway S7 or CAT Wien Mitte metro U4 Hietzing tramway 10 get off at Penzingerstraße (3min walk).

From Westbahnhof: Tramway 52 or 58 get off at Penzingerstraße find the hotel on the right side of Schlossallee (3min walk)

Biocides 2013: 18-20 November, Vienna

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PRICES

FULL 3 DAYS (18,19 & 20 NOVEMBER - INC. BOTH WORKSHOPS) €1350 18-19 NOVEMBER (EXCLUDES WORKSHOPS) €850 + VAT (20%)

HALF-DAY WORKSHOP (20 NOV. - PRICE PER WORKSHOP) €250 + VAT (20%)

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AUSTRIA TREND HOTELPark Royal Palace ViennaSchlossallee 8, 1140 Vienna, Austria

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EVENT TIMINGS:

Monday 18 November: 09:00 - 19:00

Tuesday 19 November: 08:30 - 17:30

Wednesday 20 November: Morning Workshop: 08:30 - 12:00 Afternoon Workshop: 12:30 - 16:00

Payment must be made before the event starts

FULL 3 DAYS (18,19 & 20 NOV - INC. BOTH WORKSHOPS) €1350 + VAT (20%)

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VIDEO SERIES: FULL 2 DAYS €600 + VAT (20%)

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